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LOT 0111
Greek Core-Formed Glass Alabastron
4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
5 1/2 in. (80 grams, 14 cm high).
Capsule-shaped with a blue body and yellow marvered trails and zigzags, cylindrical neck and flange rim, white knop handles to the shoulder; restored.
ProvenanceParis collection, 1990s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
Ex private Parisian collection.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 81.10.302, for similar.
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LOT 0111
Greek Core-Formed Glass Alabastron
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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